The end-all, be-all birthday list of folks associated with country music!
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
Jan. 2
Chris Hartman of Emerson Drive, 1978
Jan. 4
Deana Carter, 1966
Patty Loveless, 1957
Jan. 7
John Rich, 1974
David Lee Murphy, 1959
Jan. 9
Crystal Gayle, 1951
Hayes Carll, 1976
Jan. 11
Naomi Judd of The Judds, 1946
Jan. 12
William Lee Golden of The Oak Ridge Boys, 1939
Ricky Van Shelton, 1952
Keith Anderson, 1968
Jan. 13
Trace Adkins, 1962
Jan. 16
Ronnie Milsap, 1943
James Young of Eli Young Band, 1980
Jan. 17
Steve Earle, 1955
Kid Rock, 1971
Jan. 18
Bobby Goldsboro, 1941
Mark Collie, 1956
Kristy Lee Cook, 1984
Jan. 19
Dolly Parton, 1946
Jan. 20
John Michael Montgomery, 1965
Brantley Gilbert, 1985
Jan. 21
Mac Davis, 1942
Jimmy Ibbotson of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1947
Jan. 22
J.P. Pennington of Exile, 1949
Teddy Gentry of Alabama, 1952
Jan. 23
Josh Thompson, 1978
Jan. 24
Tucker Beathard, 1995
Keech Rainwater of Lonestar, 1963
Stephen Barker Liles of Love and Theft, 1984
Ray Stevens, 1939
Jan. 26
Lucinda Williams, 1953
Jan. 27
Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters, 1955
Tracy Lawrence, 1968
Jan. 30
Tammy Cochran, 1970
Devin Dawson 1989
Jan. 31
Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line, 1987
February
Feb. 1
Don Everly of The Everly Brothers, 1937
Del McCoury, 1939
Lisa Marie Presley, 1968
Jason Isbell, 1979
Julie Roberts, 1979
Feb. 3
Matraca Berg, 1964
Feb. 4
Clint Black, 1962
Feb. 5
Sara Evans, 1971
Tyler Farr 1984
Feb. 7
Garth Brooks, 1962
Feb. 9
Travis Tritt, 1963
Joe Ely, 1947
Feb. 10
Lionel Cartwright, 1960
Craig Campbell, 1979
Feb. 11
Sheryl Crow, 1962
Jon Jones of Eli Young Band, 1980
Feb. 12
Aubrie Sellers, 1991
Moe Bandy, 1944
Feb. 14
Razzy Bailey, 1939
Feb. 16
Doug Phelps of The Kentucky Headhunters, 1960
Feb. 17
Bryan White, 1974
Feb. 18
Juice Newton, 1952
Feb. 20
Kathy Baillie of Baillie & the Boys, 1951
Coy Bowles of Zac Brown Band, 1979
Chris Thile of Punch Brothers, 1981
Feb. 21
Mary Chapin Carpenter, 1958
Eric Heatherly, 1970
Zack Swon of The Swon Brothers, 1985
Feb. 23
Steve Holy, 1972
Feb. 24
Sammy Kershaw, 1958
Feb. 25
Ralph Stanley, 1927
Shawna Thompson of Thompson Square, 1978
Feb. 26
Johnny Cash, 1932
Feb. 27
Chuck Glaser of The Glaser Brothers, 1936
Johnny Van Zant of Van Zant, 1959
Feb. 28
Jason Aldean, 1977
March
March 1
Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo, 1954
March 2
Larry Stewart of Restless Heart, 1959
Ty Herndon, 1962
March 3
Brett Warren of The Warren Brothers, 1971
March 4
Jason Sellers, 1971
March 5
Amanda Shires, 1982
March 6
Skip Ewing, 1964
Clara Henningsen of The Henningsens, 1990
Connie Britton of the TV series Nashville, 1967
Trent Willmon, 1973
March 9
Mickey Gilley, 1936
Jimmie Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1948
March 10
Carrie Underwood, 1983
Rachel Reinert of Gloriana, 1989
March 11
Jimmy Fortune of The Statler Brothers, 1955
March 13
Jan Howard, 1930
March 14
Michael Martin Murphey, 1945
Kristian Bush, 1970
March 16
Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, 1951
March 17
Paul Overstreet, 1955
Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square, 1973
March 18
Charley Pride, 1934
Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town, 1974
Jaron Lowenstein of Jaron and the Long Road to Love, 1974
March 20
“Ranger Doug” Green of Riders in the Sky, 1946
Jim Seales of Shenandoah, 1954
Jerry Reed, 1937 (died Sept. 1, 2008)
March 23
Brett Eldredge, 1986
Brett Young, 1981
March 24
Mo Pitney, 1993
March 26
Ronnie McDowell, 1950
Charly McClain, 1956
Kenny Chesney, 1968
March 28
Rodney Atkins, 1969
Reba McEntire, 1955
March 29
Brady Seals, 1969
March 30
Justin Moore, 1984
Thomas Rhett, 1990
April
April 1
Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum, 1986
Jim Ed Brown, 1934
Jennifer Wayne of Runaway June, 1982
Kip Moore, 1980
April 2
Billy Dean, 1962
April 3
Billy Joe Royal, 1942
April 4
Steve Gatlin, 1951
April 5
Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry, 1967
Pat Green, 1972
Mike Eli, 1981
Cowboy Jack Clement, 1931–Aug. 8, 2013
April 6
Merle Haggard, April 6, 1937—April 6, 2016
April 7
Bobby Bare, 1935
John Dittrich of Restless Heart, 1951
April 8
John Schneider, 1960
April 9
Hal Ketchum, 1953
April 10
Laura Bell Bundy, 1981
Maren Morris, 1990
April 11
Jim Lauderdale, 1957
Steve Azar, 1964
April 12
Vince Gill, 1957
Easton Corbin, 1982
Jessie James Decker, 1988
April 13
Sam Bush, 1952
April 14
Loretta Lynn, 1932
April 15
Chris Stapleton, 1978
Margo Price, 1983
Roy Clark, 1933
April 18
Walt Richmond of The Tractors, 1947
Jim Scholten of Sawyer Brown, 1952
April 19
Bekka Bramlett, 1968
April 21
Glen Campbell, 1936
April 24
Carly Pearce, 1990
Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys, 1943
April 25
Rory Feek, 1965
April 26
Jay DeMarcus, 1971
April 27
John Osborne of Brothers Osborne, 1982
April 29
Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys, 1943
Michael Ray, 1988
Willie Nelson, 1933
May
May 1
Tim McGraw, 1967
May 2
Larry Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers, 1948
Ty Herndon, 1962
May 3
Eric Church, 1977
Scott “Cactus” Moser, 1957
John Driskell Hopkins of Zac Brown Band, 1971
May 4
Randy Travis, 1959
Stella Parton, 1949
RaeLynn, 1994
May 6
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 1945
May 8
Billy Burnette, 1953
Del Gray of Little Texas, 1968
May 11
Mark Herndon of Alabama, 1955
May 12
Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, 1955
Clare Bowen of the TV show Nashville, 1989
May 13
Darius Rucker, 1966
William Michael Morgan, 1993
Morgan Wallen, 1993
May 14
Dustin Lynch, 1985
Bob Johnston, 1932
May 15
K.T. Oslin, 1941
Zach Brown of A Thousand Horses, 1984
May 16
Rick Trevino, 1971
May 17
Kree Harrison, 1990
May 18
George Strait, 1952
Joe Bonsall of The Oak Ridge Boys, 1948
David Nail, 1979
May 19
Shooter Jennings, 1979
May 20
Jon Pardi, 1985
May 21
Cody Johnson, 1987
May 22
Dana Williams of Diamond Rio, 1961
May 23
Mac Wiseman, 1925
Shelly West, 1958
Jewel, 1974
May 24
Mike Reid, 1947
Rosanne Cash, 1955
Billy Gilman, 1988
May 25
Tom T. Hall, 1936
Jessi Colter, 1943
May 26
Dave Robbins of BlackHawk, 1959
Hank Williams Jr., 1949
May 27
Don Williams, 1939
May 28
Phil Vassar, 1964
May 30
Wynonna Judd, 1964
May 31
Wayne Carson, 1943
Casey James, 1982
Johnny Paycheck, 1938
June
June 1
Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, 1953
June 8
Sturgill Simpson, 1978
June 12
Chris Young, 1985
June 15
Waylon Jennings, 1937
June 18
Blake Shelton, 1976
June 20
Chuck Wicks, 1979
June 21
Allison Moorer, 1972
Porter Howell of Little Texas, 1964
Kathy Mattea, 1959
June 22
Kris Kristofferson, 1936
June 24
Chris Knight, 1960
June 26
Gretchen Wilson, 1973
June 27
Lorrie Morgan, 1959
June 28
Kellie Pickler, 1986
June 30
Cole Swindell, 1983
July
July 3
Aaron Tippin, 1958
July 5
Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum, 1982
July 6
Jeannie Seely, 1940
July 7
Maddie Marlow of Maddie & Tae, 1995
July 8
Toby Keith, 1961
July 10
Gary LeVox, 1970
July 11
Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1947
July 12
Kimberly Perry of the Band Perry, 1983
July 14
Jamey Johnson, 1975
July 17
Craig Morgan, 1964
Luke Bryan, 1976
July 18
Ricky Skaggs, 1954
Juky 23
Alison Krauss, 1971
July 24
Pam Tillis, 1957
Jerrod Niemann, 1979
July 29
Martina McBride, 1966
James Otto, 1973
July 30
Neal McCoy, 1958
July 31
Zac Brown, 1978
August
Aug. 3
Randy Scruggs, son of Earl Scruggs, 1953
Dean Sams of Lonestar, 1966
Jimmy De Martini, 1976
Whitney Duncan of Post Monroe, 1984
Aug. 5
Bobby Braddock, 1940
Mark O’Connor, Six-time CMA Musician of the Year, 1961
Terri Clark, 1968
Aug. 7
B.J. Thomas, 1942
Rodney Crowell, 1950
Michael Peterson, 1959
Raul Malo of The Mavericks, 1965
Aug. 8
Mel Tillis, 1932
Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers, 1939
Mark Wills, 1973
Aug. 10
Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio, 1949
Jennifer Hanson, 1973
Aug. 11
John Conlee, 1946
Aug. 12
Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad, 1956
Aug. 13
Andy Griggs, 1973
Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive, 1978
Lennon Ray Louise Stella, of Lennon & Maisy, 1999
Aug. 14
Connie Smith, 1941
Aug. 16
Billy Joe Shaver, 1939
Emily Strayer of the Dixie Chicks, 1972
Ashton Shepherd, 1986
Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay, 1987
Aug. 17
Kevin Welch, 1955
Colton Swon of The Swon Brothers, 1988
Aug. 18
Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons, 1955
Aug. 19
Eddy Raven, 1944
Lee Ann Womack, 1966
Clay Walker, 1969
Rissi Palmer, 1981
Aug. 20
Aaron Watson, 1977
Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers, 1952
John Hiatt, 1952
Aug. 21
Kenny Rogers, 1938
Harold Reid of The Statler Brothers, 1939
Kacey Musgraves, 1988
Aug. 22
Holly Dunn, 1957
Collin Raye, 1960
Mila Mason, 1963
George Canyon, 1970
Aug. 23
Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky, 1949
Ira Dean of Trick Pony, 1969
Shelly Fairchild, 1977
Randy Rogers, 1981
Aug. 24
Kristyn Osborn of SHeDAISY, 1970
Canaan Smith, 1982
Aug. 25
Henry Paul of BlackHawk, 1949
Billy Ray Cyrus, 1961
Jo Dee Messina, 1970
Aug. 26
Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio, 1961
Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, 1985
Aug. 27
Jeff Cook of Alabama, 1949
Jeffrey Steele, 1961
Colt Ford, 1969
Aug. 28
Shania Twain, 1965
Jake Owen, 1981
LeAnn Rimes, 1982
Cassadee Pope, 1989
Aug. 29
Don Schlitz, 1952
Dan Truman of Diamond Rio, 1956
Shawn Camp, 1966
September
Sept. 1
Steve Goetzman of Exile, 1950
Charlie Robison, 1964
Conway Twitty, 1933
Charlie Worsham, 1985
Sept. 2
Paul Deakin of The Mavericks, 1959
Sept. 3
Tompall Glaser, 1933
Aaron Henningsen of The Henningsens, 1982
Sept. 4
Tom Gossin of Gloriana, 1981
Sept. 6
David Allan Coe, 1939
Buddy Miller, 1952
Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown, 1957
Jeff Foxworthy, 1958
Mark Chesnutt, 1963
Sept. 9
Charles “Chip” Esten of Nashville, 1965
Joey Martin Feek of Joey+Rory, 1975
Hunter Hayes, 1991
Sept. 10
Ashley Monroe, 1986
Sept. 11
Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, 1981
Sept. 12
Kelsea Ballerini, 1993
George Jones, 1931
Jennifer Nettles, 1974
Sept. 13
Aaron Benward of Blue County, 1973
Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, 1975
Sept. 14
John Berry, 1959
Beth Nielsen Chapman, 1958
Danielle Peck, 1978
Sept. 15
Andy Gibson, 1981
Sept. 16
Sonny LeMaire of Exile, 1947
David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers, 1950
Terry McBride of McBride & the Ride, 1958
Sept. 18
Tae Dye of Maddie & Tae, 1995
Sept. 19
Jeff Bates, 1963
Trisha Yearwood, 1964
Chase Rice, 1986
Sept. 21
Faith Hill, 1967
Ronna Reeves, 1966
Sept. 22
Debby Boone, 1956
June Forester of The Forester Sisters, 1956
Sept. 25
Greg Bates, 1987
Sept. 26
Lynn Anderson, 1947
Carlene Carter, 1955
David Frizzell, 1941
Olivia Newton-John, 1948
Doug Supernaw, 1960
Sept. 28
Mandy Barnett, 1975
Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town, 1969
Sept. 29
Brad Cotter, 1970
Danick Dupelle of Emerson Drive, 1973
Jerry Lee Lewis, 1935
Sept. 30
Deborah Allen, 1953
Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry, 1963
Marty Stuart, 1958
October
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Kelly Willis, 1968
Greg Jennings of Restless Heart, 1954
Gillian Welch, 1967
Oct. 3
Cherrill Green of Edens Edge, 1983
Oct. 4
Heidi Newfield of Trick Pony, 1970
Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard of Sawyer Brown, 1960
Jaren Johnston of Cadillac Three, 1980
Leroy Van Dyke, 1929
Oct. 6
Tim Rushlow, 1966
Oct. 7
Dale Watson, 1962
Kieran Kane of The O’Kanes, 1949
Oct. 8
Ricky Lee Phillips of The Kentucky Headhunters, 1953
Oct. 9
Brandy Clark, 1975
Scotty McCreery, 1993
Oct. 10
John Prine, 1946
Tanya Tucker, 1958
Oct. 11
Paulette Carlson of Highway 101, 1953
Gene Watson, 1943
Oct. 12
Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks, 1969
Oct. 13
Lacy J. Dalton, 1946
Marie Osmond, 1959
Rhett Akins, 1969
Oct. 14
Natalie Maines of Dixie Chicks, 1974
Oct. 15
Dean Miller, 1965
Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town, 1969
Oct. 17
Alan Jackson, 1958
Earl Thomas Conley, 1941
Nikki Lane, 1983
Oct. 18
Josh Gracin, 1980
Oct. 19
Jeannie C. Riley, 1945
Cyndi Thomson, 1976
Oct. 20
Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town, 1971
Oct. 21
Matthew Ramsey, 1977
Kane Brown, 1993
Oct. 22
Shelby Lynne, 1968
Oct. 23
Dwight Yoakam, 1956
Jimmy Wayne, 1972
Oct. 25
Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown, 1958
Chely Wright, 1970
Oct. 26
Keith Urban, 1967
Oct. 27
Lee Greenwood, 1942
Oct. 28
Charlie Daniels, 1936
Brad Paisley, 1972
Oct. 30
T. Graham Brown, 1954
Jeannie Kendall of The Kendalls, 1954
Kassidy Osborn of SHeDAISY, 1976
Oct. 31
Kinky Friedman, 1944
Darryl Worley, 1964
November
Nov. 1
Bill Anderson, 1937
Big Kenny Alphin of Big & Rich, 1963
Lyle Lovett, 1957
Nov. 2
K.D. Lang, 1961
Nov. 4
Delbert McClinton, 1940
Nov. 5
Billy Sherrill, 1936 (died Aug. 4, 2015)
Nov. 6
Guy Clark, 1941 (died May 17, 2016)
Nov. 7
Robin Lee, 1953
Nov. 8
Lauren Alaina, 1994
Bucky Covington, 1977
Nov. 10
Chris Cagle, 1968
Donna Fargo, 1945
Brian Henningsen of The Henningsens, 1961
Miranda Lambert, 1983
Nov. 11
Narvel Felts, 1938
Nov. 12
Barbara Fairchild, 1950
Nov. 15
Jack Ingram, 1970
Nov. 16
Mason Ramsey, 2006
Keith Burns of Trick Pony, 1963
Mark Orr of The Kentucky Headhunters, 1949
Nov. 17
Aaron Lines, 1977
Reid Perry of The Band Perry, 1988
Nov. 18
TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne, 1984
Nov. 19
Jason Albert of Heartland, 1973
Billy Currington, 1973
Nov. 20
Dierks Bentley, 1975
Josh Turner, 1977
Nov. 21
Jean Shepard, 1933
Kelsi Osborn of SHeDAISY, 1974
Nov. 26
Linda Davis, 1962
Michael Gossin of Gloriana, 1984
Joe Nichols, 1976
Nov. 28
Kristine Oliver Cummins of Sweethearts of the Rodeo, 1955
Nov. 29
Hannah Mulholland of Runaway June, 1990
December
Dec. 1
Kim Richey, 1957
Dec. 2
Jana Kramer, 1983
Dec. 3
Paul Gregg of Restless Heart, 1954
Dec. 4
Lila McCann, 1981
Dec. 5
Tyler England, 1963
Gary Allan, 1967
Dec. 6
Helen Cornelius, 1941
Bill Lloyd of Foster & Lloyd, 1955
Dec. 7
Gary Morris, 1948
Dec. 8
Sam Hunt, 1984
Marty Raybon of Shenandoah, 1959
Dec. 10
Johnny Rodriguez, 1950
Meghan Linsey, 1985
Dec. 11
Brenda Lee, 1944
Dec. 12
Katrina Elam, 1983
Dec. 13
Randy Owen of Alabama, 1949
John Anderson, 1954
Taylor Swift, 1989
Maisy Jude Marion Stella, of Lennon & Maisy, 2003
Dec. 14
Charlie Rich, 1932 (died July 25, 1995)
Dec. 16
Frankie Ballard, 1982
Jeff Carson, 1963
Dec. 17
Ashlee Hewitt of Post Monroe, 1987
Sharon White of The Whites, 1953
Tracy Byrd, 1966
Duane Propes of Little Texas, 1967
Dec. 18
Randy Houser, 1975
Dec. 19
Little Jimmy Dickens, 1920 (died Jan. 2, 2015)
John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1945
Dec. 21
Freddie Hart, 1926
Lee Roy Parnell, 1956
Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers, 1966
Dec. 22
Chuck Mead of BR549, 1960
Dec. 25
Jimmy Buffett, 1946
Barbara Mandrell, 1948
Steve Wariner, 1954
Dec. 26
Bob Carpenter of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1946
Dec. 27
Les Taylor of Exile, 1948
Jeff Bryant of Ricochet, 1962
Walker Hayes, 1979
Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay, 1991
Dec. 28
Joe Diffie, 1958
Mike McGuire of Shenandoah, 1958
Marty Roe of Diamond Rio, 1960
Dec. 29
Jessica Andrews, 1983
Dec. 30
Suzy Bogguss, 1956
Dec. 31
Catherine Britt, 1984